MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the bout late Thursday night from multiple sources close to the event.

While not yet officially announced by the organization, UFC 97 is tentatively scheduled for April 18 in Montreal.

Foupa-Pokam is a French native who trains with PRIDE, DEEP and ShoXC veteran Cyrille Diabate’s Snake Team. “Professor X” last fought in January in a first-round knockout of BodogFIGHT and King of the Cage veteran Kyacey Uscola.

The 26-year-old is currently on a seven-fight win streak and has earned victories in 12 of his past 13 bouts.

After two successful appearances on U.S. soil with the PFC, Foupa-Pokam hopes to continue to develop his career on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

“There’s more opportunities for fighters,” Foupa-Pokam recently told MMAjunkie.com. “If I make it over here (in the U.S.), and we make it over here, there’s more opportunities for the rest of the team as well. It was a logical step for me to try and hit the American market.”

Kang will be making his second appearance for the organization after debuting on the main card of “UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson.” Kang dominated the early moments of his January bout with Alan Belcher before being caught in a guillotine choke in the second round.

Kang was once considered among the world’s best 185-pounders, but the American Top Team fighter has struggled through a 3-4 stretch since 2006. The Canadian resident admitted he was burned out in recent performances, but that he hopes to turn things around with a fresh start in the UFC.

“I think I was beginning to get a little burned out around that time,” Kang recently told TAGG Radio, the official radio partner of MMAjunkie.com. “I was taking the fight, but it’s hard to explain. My motivation to really fight and succeed wasn’t there. I was just kind of getting in there like a zombie as a reflex. I needed to take a little time off to re-find my focus after that.”

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